Fruits For Lunch

Got some lovely cherries from my Boss who just came back from Australia. A BIG box of cherries. Yummy!

So, lucky me had this for lunch today, tomorrow and maybe next week too. Raimie snootily said that he only likes Japan's cherries so he won't touch this. I tried to put some cherries in his lunch box when I got some earlier this year (during Chinese New Year) but he wasn't too keen in eating them. Well, more for me.

Maybe I should take them for breakfast too. Eat fruits for breakfast, just like Foongpc.

View From Our Backyard

Well, actually this view is from my father-in-law's house which we are staying during the weekdays due to Raimie's schooling. I haven't been using the camera much recently, so I thought I just capture what is available for me to see daily.

The view at dusk.

Oh My Poor Aching Body

Photo Credit: LocalFitness.com.au

No rest and not late morning for me, not even in the weekend. Waking up early (in 6 or 7 hours' time, actually) to send Raimie to his school for a weekend camp. Both Zaini and I will then head to Lake Garden to do a few hours(!) of jogging and light workout before picking up Raimie from school at noon.

I've been faithfully doing workout daily now (with rests on Sunday) and be at the gym from Monday - Friday at 7.00am before heading off to work.

At least I no longer need to wake up at 5.00am to do my morning run! Waking up early is HARD!

Why all the workout for? I need to be more fit before our trip to Japan (and hopefully go down a dress size or two). And this preparation is way better than my preparation last year. Last year was all about going off to see physiotherapists and ENT months before our holiday. @_@

I am actually enjoying my sessions with my trainer even though I'll be aching all over the day after.

To Ikea and The Curve

If we do go to Ikea / The Curve, there's two things we like to do there. One - Raimie loves going to Småland; the playland at Ikea and spend hours playing and making new friends there while both Zaini and I get some time to browse around.

No. 2 : we will not miss buying the cheap but delicious hot dogs and curry puffs there! All those relish you can put on your hot dog! Yummy!

Shopping at Ikea? Not so much now. Gotta save some $$$ for Japan! The Curve? The place was too quiet for me. But we did have fun browsing in Daiso at The Curve.

Hitting Carl's Jr For Dinner

We had dinner at Carl's Jr last Friday. We don't go to Carl's Jr often because the outlet at Mid Valley is way too small and if there are no table/seats available, we'll just head to another place. Also, the portion is huge and being small eaters, eating here can be daunting for me.

Raimie "posing" for the camera

Zaini had double western bacon cheeseburger (or something). It was awesome!

Raimie had the Famous Star. See how big the burger is in his hand?

I had the big fries that came with Raimie's combo and ate some of Zaini's burger. Did I mention they were HUGE?

And now, my rantings:

After you eat at a fast food outlet or at a foodcourt, do you leave your table in a mess like this? For info, we Malaysians don't bus our own tables and we let the staff clear away the table. But do you really have to be messy eating fast food? Think of the next person after you! Don't you just hate it when you go to a crowded fast food place and ended up clearing away the trays and wiping the tables because the staff was busy clearing other tables too? Why can't we all eat neatly? And I'm talking about the adults and not children too!

This was our mess. We've stopped clearing our table because we've gotten dirty looks from the staff when we did it. I suppose they felt that we were insinuating that they didn't do their job. But we still put everything back on the tray so that it will be easier for them to clear our tray away.

Hitting The Neighbourhood Funfair

There's a funfair nearby our home in Balakong so we decided to head there yesterday. Raimie loves going to the funfair, not so much for the rides but for the games and prizes.

What is a funfair without the ferris wheel? Raimie wanted to go to the Haunted House but it is yet to be put up. I'm not sure how long this funfair will stay put at our neighbourhood, maybe we'll check again next week.

Raimie got to play a few games and got some prizes. Stickers, key-chains and hand-held games. He's pretty happy with his bounty.

Another Report Card To Collect And Grieving For A Friend's Son

Report Card Day

Got to set aside a few minutes from my working hours and dash to Raimie's religious school tomorrow to collect his report card.

It feels like when you have schoolgoing kids, dashing to schools is part of your routine.

We'll see how Raimie did for his religious school exams. The exam look difficult, in my opinion for a 7 year old but I guess kids nowadays are way smarter than us when we were kids!

Grieving For A Friend's Son

While the world grieves for Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett, we are grieving for a friend. Her son, just born 6 days ago passed away yesterday and was cremated on the same day. The baby had to go through two operations in his very young age. It is a sad day for all of us, especially for the parents who had waited for their firstborn eagerly.

I just want to let her know, that we are here if she needs anything and will support her. Hope she and her husband will stay strong.